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Chile - Health financing profile (英语)

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Chile's socio-economic development over recent decades has been accompanied by improving average health outcomes. Life expectancy at birth has risen from 55 years in 1955 to 78 years in 2012 and the infant mortality rate has fallen from 120 per 1,000 ... 更多显示Chile's socio-economic development over recent decades has been accompanied by improving average health outcomes. Life expectancy at birth has risen from 55 years in 1955 to 78 years in 2012 and the infant mortality rate has fallen from 120 per 1,000 live births in 1955 to fewer than 8 in 2012, making its progress notable among upper-middle income Latin American countries. Socio-economic development has brought almost-universal access to piped-in water (93 percent of households) and improved sanitation facilities (96 percent of households). The demographic and epidemiological transitions continue to advance as the population ages and non-communicable diseases eclipse infectious disease. Chile, however, exhibits high levels of economic inequality which are paralleled by stratified health access and outcomes with far greater gains seen among high-income groups. Though the nation has officially targeted the indigent and low-income population for free health coverage for over 100 years, this health divide between high and low income groups has persisted. The government is addressing these equity issues with the 'Universal Access with Explicit Guarantees' (AUGE) reform begun in 2005 which applies to all providers within the nation's Social Health Insurance (SHI).
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